USS Tunny (SS/SSG/APSS/LPSS-282) was a Gato-class submarine which saw service in World War II and in the Vietnam War. Tunny received nine battle stars and two Presidential Unit Citations for her World War II service and five battle stars for her operations during the Vietnam War. Tunny was the first ship of the United States Navy to be named for the tunny, any of several oceanic fishes resembling the mackerel
USS Tunny (SS-282) off the Mare Island Navy Yard, California, in late 1942.
Suwa Maru aground off Wake Island after being damaged by USS Tunny 28 March 1943
Tunny fires a Regulus I missile
Crewmen that served aboard Tunny and conducted strategic deterrent patrols were permitted to wear the SSBN Deterrent Patrol insignia from 1997. Crew of Tunny are permitted to wear the silver insignia and have one silver star and three gold stars, representing a total of nine successful patrols
The Gato class of submarines were built for the United States Navy and launched in 1941–1943. Named after the lead ship of the class, USS Gato, they were the first mass-production U.S. submarine class of World War II.
USS Gato off Mare Island Navy Yard, on 29 November 1944
General Motors Cleveland Model 16-248 diesel engine
Fairbanks-Morse Model 38D8⅛ diesel engine
Periscope photograph of Japanese merchant ship sinking
